Download - 5 productivity boosters for everyday
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Introduction
If you’re looking to make small changes in the way you do things every day, then my 5 golden productivity boosting tactics are going to change your life from the moment you implement them.
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1. Handle-Once Email Transformation
Only handle each email ONCE is my general rule. As soon as I open my inbox each day, I start the filter process:
• Delete the spam• Move industry related documents,
articles, newsletters and updates to my Read Later Folder
• Assess if I’m interested in any of the GroupOn, Spreets or Cudo deals. Delete when I’ve decided that I don’t want any laser treatment or dinner for two at a Thai restaurant in the Eastern Suburbs
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The rule is to only handle the email once – assess it and do something with it. DON’T LEAVE IT IN THE INBOX.
• Email not for you to really deal with? Forward it on and then file it• Email informing you of something important, but not actionable? Read it
and file it • Calendar request being scheduled? Accept / Decline and delete it • Email asking you to send something through / re-send an attachment or
report? Reply straight away, then delete• Email asking for your review and comment? Schedule your review period,
respond and delete
1. Handle-Once Email Transformation
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2. Post-It Note Do or Die
Three “must do today” items are moved from my “never-get-to-it list” and get added to the Post-It Note “Do or Die list”, and it sits in front of my keyboard all day.
I cannot go home until these three things are done.
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3. 20 Minute Speed Read
Twenty minutes a day is paramount if you want to stay ahead of the game, especially in our industry.
• twenty minutes of an article, a report, some stats, a blog post, an industry newsletter, a Wiki page or something similar
• anything from the “Read Later Folder” will help to keep you up to date
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4. Social Validation
This is a great productivity boost that kills two birds with one stone (or maybe three):
So your own social presence is fulfilled on a daily basis, in conjunction with going through emails and staying up to date with news.
Taking what you’re reading and sharing it on LinkedIn and Twitter.
• We crave social connectedness• Social channels are a great source of information that
might make up your twenty minute speed read• Your speed read can contribute to your own social
presence / social sharing / thought leadership
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5. Multi-Tasking Hack
Email is our preferred method of professional communication, however we need to really look at how we communicate:
• Someone needs a short answer quickly? Pick up the phone and give an answer
• Need clarification on something so you can keep working? Pick up the phone and talk to whoever has the answer
• Return phone calls in one go• Crack onto the next key task
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The biggest multi-tasking hack I can offer is not to multi-task. Focus on one key task at a time
30 minutes of solid work will be far more productive than 1 hour with constant interruptions.
The quality of the work will improve, your efficiency will improve and your productivity will increase.
5. Multi-Tasking Hack